Psalms 22
1 Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa utenzi wa “Kulungu wa Alfajiri.” Zaburi ya Daudi. Mungu wangu, Mungu wangu, mbona umeniacha? Kwa nini uko mbali hivyo kuniokoa? Mbali hivyo na maneno ya kuugua kwangu?
2 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
Ee Mungu wangu, ninalia mchana, lakini hunijibu, hata usiku, sinyamazi.
3 But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
Hata hivyo umesimikwa katika kiti cha enzi kama Uliye Mtakatifu; wewe ni sifa ya Israeli.
4 In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
Kwako wewe baba zetu waliweka tumaini lao, walikutumaini nawe ukawaokoa.
5 They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Walikulilia wewe na ukawaokoa, walikutegemea wewe nao hawakuaibika.
6 But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
Mimi ni mnyoo wala si mwanadamu, wanaume wamenibeza, na watu wamenidharau.
7 All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
Wote wanionao hunidhihaki, hunivurumishia matusi, wakitikisa vichwa vyao:
8 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Husema, “Anamtegemea Bwana, basi Bwana na amwokoe. Amkomboe basi, kwa maana anapendezwa naye.”
9 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.
Hata hivyo ulinitoa tumboni, ukanifanya nikutegemee, hata nilipokuwa ninanyonya matiti ya mama yangu.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother’s womb thou art my God,
Nimekabidhiwa kwako tangu kuzaliwa, toka tumboni mwa mama yangu umekuwa Mungu wangu.
11 Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.
Usiwe mbali nami, kwa maana shida iko karibu na hakuna wa kunisaidia.
12 Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
Mafahali wengi wamenizunguka, mafahali wa Bashani wenye nguvu wamenizingira.
13 They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
Simba wangurumao wanaorarua mawindo yao hupanua vinywa vyao dhidi yangu.
14 I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
Nimemiminwa kama maji, mifupa yangu yote imetoka katika viungo vyake. Moyo wangu umegeuka kuwa nta, umeyeyuka ndani yangu.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
Nguvu zangu zimekauka kama kigae, ulimi wangu umegandamana na kaakaa la kinywa changu, kwa sababu umenilaza katika mavumbi ya kifo.
16 For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
Mbwa wamenizunguka, kundi la watu waovu limenizingira, wametoboa mikono yangu na miguu yangu.
17 They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
Naweza kuhesabu mifupa yangu yote, watu wananikodolea macho na kunisimanga.
18 They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
Wanagawana nguo zangu wao kwa wao, na vazi langu wanalipigia kura.
19 But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
Lakini wewe, Ee Bwana, usiwe mbali. Ee Nguvu yangu, uje haraka unisaidie.
20 Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.
Okoa maisha yangu na upanga, uhai wangu wa thamani kutoka nguvu za mbwa.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
Niokoe kutoka kinywani mwa simba, niokoe kutoka pembe za mafahali mwitu.
22 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
Nitalitangaza jina lako kwa ndugu zangu, katika kusanyiko nitakusifu wewe.
23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
Ninyi ambao mnamcha Bwana, msifuni! Ninyi nyote wazao wote wa Yakobo, mheshimuni yeye! Mcheni yeye, ninyi wazao wote wa Israeli!
24 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.
Kwa maana hakupuuza wala kudharau mateso ya aliyeonewa; hakumficha uso wake bali alisikiliza kilio chake ili amsaidie.
25 With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
Kwako wewe hutoka kiini cha sifa zangu katika kusanyiko kubwa, nitatimiza nadhiri zangu mbele ya wale wakuchao wewe.
26 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
Maskini watakula na kushiba, wale wamtafutao Bwana watamsifu: mioyo yenu na iishi milele!
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.
Miisho yote ya dunia itakumbuka na kumgeukia Bwana, nazo jamaa zote za mataifa watasujudu mbele zake,
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.
kwa maana ufalme ni wa Bwana naye hutawala juu ya mataifa.
29 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
Matajiri wote wa dunia watasherehekea na kuabudu. Wote waendao mavumbini watapiga magoti mbele yake, wote ambao hawawezi kudumisha uhai wao.
30 And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
Wazao wa baadaye watamtumikia yeye; vizazi vijavyo vitajulishwa habari za Bwana.
31 There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
Watatangaza haki yake kwa watu ambao hawajazaliwa bado, kwa maana yeye ametenda hili.
